Integrated model of care for functional movement disorder: targeting brain, mind and body.

Purpose: To describe the therapy approaches and clinical outcomes of an integrated care model for patients with functional movement disorder (FMD).

Materials And Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for all treated individuals with a primary diagnosis of FMD between January 2020 and July 2022. Patients received time-limited integrated therapy ( = 21) (i.

Rehabilitation for Functional Dystonia: Cases and Review of the Literature.

Background: Functional dystonia (FD) is a common subtype of functional movement disorder. FD can be readily diagnosed based on positive signs and is potentially treatable with rehabilitation. Despite this, clinical outcomes remain variable and a gold standard approach to treatment is lacking.

Factors Influencing Triage to Rehabilitation in Functional Movement Disorder.

Background: Treatment of functional movement disorder (FMD) should be individualized, yet factors determining rehabilitation engagement have not been evaluated. Subspecialty FMD clinics are uniquely poised to explore factors influencing treatment suitability and triage.

Objectives: To describe our approach and explore factors associated with triage to FMD rehabilitation.

Neuropsychiatric Treatments for Parkinson's Disease: Nonpharmacological Approaches.

Although diagnosed by characteristic motor features, Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders are frequently accompanied by a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms that require a multidisciplinary approach for treatment. Neuropsychiatric symptoms such as depression, anxiety and cognitive symptoms strongly influence quality of life, motor symptoms, and non-motor bodily symptoms. This review summarizes our current understanding of the neuropsychiatric symptoms in movement disorders and discusses the evidence base for treatments focusing on rehabilitation and nonpharmacological approaches.

A mixed linear modelling characterisation of gender and speed related changes in spatiotemporal and kinematic characteristics of gait across a wide speed range in healthy adults.

In exploring the relationship between the kinematics of gait and speed of progression individual variation in patterns and gender differences have not always been adequately taken into account. In the current study mixed linear modelling was used to isolate changes with speed from those associated with individual variation and gender. Three-dimensional motion analysis of 20 participants (10M/10F, 25.

Dynamics of turning sharpness influences freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease.

Background: Despite the strong association between turning and Freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD), there has been little research to evaluate the specific turn characteristics (i.e. turn angles) that might contribute to freezing.

A Manipulation of Visual Feedback during Gait Training in Parkinson's Disease.

Visual cues are known to improve gait in Parkinson's disease (PD); however, the contribution of optic flow continues to be disputed. This study manipulated transverse line cues during two gait training interventions (6 weeks). PD subjects (N = 42) were assigned to one of three groups: treadmill (TG), overground (OG), or control group (CG).